David Hunter was an American military officer. He served as a Union general during the American Civil War. He achieved notability for his unauthorized 1862 order emancipating slaves in three Southern states, for his leadership of United States troops during the Valley Campaigns of 1864, and as the president of the military commission trying the conspirators involved with the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITIONARY CORPS, December 30, 1861. Port Royal, S. 0., December 30, 1861. GENERAL: Agreeably to the conversation already had with you, it is designed to cross a force over…
Washington, February 14, 1862. GENERAL: Your dispatches in regard to the occupation of Dawfuskie Island, &c., were received to-day. I saw also to-day, for the first time, your requisition for…
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, February 14, 1862. GENERAL: Your dispatches in regard to the occupation of Dawfuskie Island, &c., were received to-day. I saw also to-day, for the first…
HEADQUARTERS, Jacksonville, Fla., March 28, 1862. CAPTAIN: From intelligence received this evening from a deserter I learn that the enemy has an attack upon this place in contemplation so soon…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH, Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Ga., April 13, 1862. Sir: The flag of our country waves over Fort Pulaski, I summoned the garrison to surrender at…